All of the complex's residents were forced to find somewhere else to live after a massive fire on March 7. Police said the burglars broke into a set of apartments next to the part of the building that got the most damage between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. Thursday.

Investigators said several residents noticed that some units that weren't damaged by the fire were burglarized Thursday, despite being boarded up and secured with a gate and padlocks.

One resident told police the burglars got away with several guns. County police said Friday that seven guns were stolen and that six were recovered as officers canvassed an area not far from where the burglaries took place.

Janitza Colon was already dealing with the devastation of being forced from her home after the fire when she got a phone call Thursday morning that brought her to tears.

The burglars took TVs, iPads and laptops, she said. Most of the things can be replaced except for her great-grandmother's jewelry, which was passed down to her daughter.

"How do you explain that to a 6-year-old who absolutely loved her and cherished her? Now you have to tell her the jewelry she left for her is no longer there," Colon said through tears.

Police said the apartment company hired a private security firm to protect the building. 11 News found several people wearing jackets that said "security" walking around the area Thursday night, but apartment representatives said they had no comment.

"One of the things that we're looking into is how can a private security company be contracted for that small of an area and miss 11 burglaries over a 12-15 hour period?" Anne Arundel County police Lt. Glenn Shanahan said.

Meanwhile, residents struggle to understand.

"You're pissed off because where was the security? Where were the people who said, 'I'm sorry, we're going to go ahead and condemn your building, so you're going to have to find someplace else to live.' Where were those people to protect our stuff?" Colon questioned.

The video surveillance system for the building was damaged in the fire, but police are looking into whether or not cameras on other buildings captured the burglars.

Officials said apartment managers are cooperating with the investigation, and patrols have been increased in the area.

Anyone with information about the burglaries is asked to call Anne Arundel County police at 410-222-6155.

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Firefighters are called to a three-alarm apartment fire in Odenton, Anne Arundel County.

TODAY SAY THEY JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED. ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING SEVERAL BURGLARIES AT THE SAME APARTMENT BUILDING THAT WENT UP IN FLAMES LAST FRIDAY. NOT ALL OF THE UNITS IN THE BUILDING WERE GUTTED AFTER THE FIRE, BUT EVERYONE HAD TO FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE TO LIVE. THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE. SHE WAS ALREADY DEALING WITH THE DEVASTATION OF BEING FORCED FROM HER HOME BECAUSE OF A FIRE AND SHE GOT A PHONE CALL THURSDAY MORNING THAT BROUGHT HER TO TEARS. MY APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS BURGLARIZED. THE BURGLARS TOOK TVS, IPODS, AND LAPTOPS. MOST OF THE THINGS CAN BE REPLACED, EXCEPT FOR HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S JEWELRY. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO A SIX-YEAR-OLD? THE SUSPECTS BROKE INTO A SET OF UNITS NEXT THE PART OF THE BUILDING THAT GOT THE MOST FIRE DAMAGE. THEY WENT IN SOMETIME BETWEEN 6:00 WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 10:00 THURSDAY MORNING. 11 UNITS WERE BURGLARIZED. THE SUSPECTS GOT AWAY WITH SEVERAL GUNS. THE RESIDENT WHO REPORTED THE BURGLAR OF THE FIREARMS COULD NOT GIVE US A NUMBER OF THE AMOUNT OF FIREARMS HE HAD. BUT GUN SAFE WAS TAKEN. THE BUILDING WAS BOARDED UP AND SECURED AFTER THE FIRE. POLICE SAY THE APARTMENT COMPANY HIRED A PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM TO PROTECT THE BUILDING. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE EXPLORING, HOW CAN A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY B CONTRACT DID FOR THAT SMALL OF AN AREA? AND MS. 11 BURGLARIES -- AND MISS 11 BURGLARIES. WHERE WAS THE SECURITY? WHERE WERE THE PEOPLE WHO SAID, I AM SORRY, WE WILL CONDEMN YOUR BUILDING SO YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LIVE. WHERE WERE THOSE PEOPLE? THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE WAS DAMAGED DURING THE FIRE, BUT POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY THAT CAMERAS FROM

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